Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:50 South Korean intelligence reported that the North Korean soldiers sent to Russia are mostly in their 20s, with some of them even in their teens. "Their combat capabilities should not be underestimated, as they have already undergone basic combat training as an assault corps. The combat capabilities of soldiers who have not encountered the peculiarities of modern warfare, such as the Russian-Ukrainian one, may be unknown," the report said. They were previously described as special forces, but perhaps that was to drive up the price demanded for their rental.
18:43 The Russian army is already 2.5-3 km from Kupyansk, the city is being continuously destroyed by KABs, said the head of the city military administration Andrei Besedin.
17:39 Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak reported that he held a meeting in the United States with White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan - they discussed the "victory plan", the implementation of the peace formula, the front, weapons and the DPRK military, which Russia is preparing for war against Ukraine. Zelensky, in turn, reported that he held meetings with the prime ministers of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland in Reykjavik.
16:42 Norway will allocate 120 million euros to Ukraine to strengthen its air defense, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said. He specified that this contribution will allow the Patriot system to be sent from Romania to Ukraine along with other countries. Germany and the United States are also participating in the project.
15:16 Putin conducted a training session of strategic nuclear deterrent forces, during which missile launches will be practiced. The head of the Kremlin said that Russia will continue to improve its strategic deterrent forces, but at the same time "does not intend to get involved in an arms race."
14:58 The enemy attacked the Odessa region with two guided air missiles Kh-31P, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Kiper. The missiles did not reach their targets, but in the Odessa region one person was killed by shrapnel.
14:31 In a classified part of the "victory plan," Zelensky asks Washington for Tomahawk missiles with a range of 2,500 km, The New York Times writes, citing an unnamed American official. He specified that this is Ukraine's proposal for a "non-nuclear deterrence package" and called it an "unfeasible request." According to the newspaper, a number of American officials have expressed some dissatisfaction with the plan, as they consider it unrealistic and dependent on Western assistance.
14:20 The Russian military leadership has decided to form assault units from convicts infected with hepatitis B and C and send them to the occupied territories of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reports. According to intelligence, the corresponding order of the Russian Defense Minister, dated October 10, excludes hepatitis C from the list of diseases that do not allow military service. Those infected with hepatitis are labeled as "contingent C." The first four assault companies and two reserve companies from infected prisoners are formed as part of the 1435th and 1437th motorized rifle regiments (the 27th and 15th motorized rifle brigades of the Russian Armed Forces, respectively).
13:57 Ukraine plans to mobilize another 160 thousand people, said the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Lytvynenko, speaking in the Verkhovna Rada. According to him, this will allow the units to be staffed to 85%. In total, 1 million 50 thousand Ukrainian citizens were called up to the Defense Forces.
13:39 The Verkhovna Rada supported bills on extending martial law and general mobilization for 90 days - until February 7, 2025.
13:18 The Wall Street Journal writes that American stockpiles of interceptor missiles have begun to run out quickly due to the Russian-Ukrainian war, the conflict in the Middle East, and the mission to protect ships in the Red Sea from Houthi militants. According to sources, the Pentagon and relevant circles in the US are increasingly concerned about the threat of a shortage of air defense missiles, which are being used up faster than new ones can be produced. This is fraught with significant problems for the US if a war also starts in the Pacific region.
12:46 Over the first ten months of this year, the Ministry of Defense, together with the Ministry of Digital Development, have contracted 1.6 million UAVs of various types for a total of over UAH 114 billion. Of this volume, suppliers have already fulfilled an order for 1.28 million drones worth over UAH 81 billion, and another 366,940 units are planned to be delivered by the end of the year, the Defense Ministry reported.
Among the delivered drones, in particular, deep strike drones (deepstrike-kamikaze), FPV-kamikaze, reconnaissance copters such as DJI Mavic, reconnaissance aircraft and wing drones, attack copters and aircraft. For 2025, the ministries have already contracted 155,205 drones for the amount of UAH 32.3 billion.
12:02 As a result of the morning shelling of Kherson, seven people were wounded, OVA reported.
11:45 The Russian army captured more than 470 square kilometers in eastern Ukraine in October, the largest territorial gain since March 2022, Die Welt reports. Last week alone, the Russians managed to capture 196 square kilometers.
11:29 Ukraine and South Korea will soon exchange delegations to strengthen cooperation on intelligence sharing amid the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia, Zelensky said following a telephone conversation with his South Korean counterpart Yun Sok-yol. In particular, Zelensky provided him with fresh data on the deployment of 3,000 North Korean troops to Russian training grounds in close proximity to the combat zone and the expected increase in their number to approximately 12,000.
"There is only one conclusion - this war is internationalizing and going beyond the borders of two states," Zelensky emphasized. "We agreed to strengthen the exchange of intelligence and expertise, to intensify contacts at all levels, including the highest, in order to develop a strategy of action and a list of countermeasures in response to escalation, and to attract common partners to cooperation."
10:43 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have struck occupied Luhansk, local residents report a powerful detonation of ammunition. Ammunition was probably stored at the site of the strike, and there used to be a mothballed military unit there, said Artem Lysogor, head of the Luhansk OVA. It is known that traffic has been blocked near Gorky Park in the city - this is a recreational area where the Russians place warehouses for storing weapons and equipment. The occupation "authorities" reported that the missile attack was allegedly repelled, and "some of the missiles detonated in the industrial area of the city."
09:57 A South Korean delegation will visit Ukraine this week and provide information about North Korean troops, Yonhap writes.
09:44 A drone attacked the Russian Special Forces University in Chechnya this morning, the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, said. According to him, the attack set fire to the roof of an empty building on the university grounds.
09:40 Air defense destroyed 26 of 48 Russian drones (Shahed and unspecified type) in Kyiv, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky, Sumy, Chernihiv and Poltava regions at night. Another 20 enemy drones were lost, one returned to Russia, the Air Force reported. In addition, the enemy struck Kryvyi Rih with an Iskander-M ballistic missile at night.
09:36 In the morning, Russian troops attacked Kherson, one person was wounded, OVA reported. At night, the enemy also attacked Stanislav - four people were injured, including two children. In addition, late in the evening the previous day, the Russian army attacked residents of Antonovka and an emergency medical team that arrived on call from a drone. As a result of the attack, a doctor was killed, a paramedic and three local residents were wounded. In total, over the previous day, as a result of Russian shelling in the region, two people were killed, 16 were wounded, including two children.
08:49 At night, Russians launched a KAB strike on the Osnovyansky district of Kharkiv - four people were killed, two were injured, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. A house was destroyed, 19 private houses were damaged. In addition, the number of victims as a result of yesterday's strike on the Derzhprom building in the center of Kharkiv has increased to nine. The third floor of the building was damaged, as well as the rehabilitation department of the regional clinical hospital, two residential buildings, the building of the appellate economic court, two educational institutions, a bank building, and food establishments.
08:30 In Donetsk Oblast, one person was killed as a result of Russian shelling on October 28 - in Mirnohrad. Two more people in the oblast were injured in the past 24 hours, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
08:17 At night, the Russians attacked Kiev with drones, all of them were neutralized, said the head of the Kyiv State Air Defense Forces Sergey Popko. In the Solomensky district, as a result of falling debris, a gas pipe on the facade of a nine-story residential building was depressurized, which caused a store and cars to catch fire. The fire has already been extinguished, six people were injured. In the Svyatoshinsky district, debris knocked out the windows of a three-story administrative building, no information about casualties has been received.
08:03 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 29:
personnel - about 692,080 (+1,360) people,
tanks - 9129 (+9),
combat armored vehicles - 18,404 (+9),
artillery systems - 19,917 (+45),
MLRS - 1241 (+1),
air defense systems - 984 (+0),
aircraft - 369 (+0),
helicopters - 329 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 17,939 (+72),
cruise missiles - 2625 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 27,749 (+89),
special equipment - 3566 (+10).
07:38 On the evening of October 28, Russians launched a missile attack on Krivoy Rog - one person was killed, 14 were injured, reported the head of the OVA Sergey Lysak. 11 apartment buildings, a clinic, a school, and an administrative building were damaged in the city.
03:21 North Korean Foreign Minister Cho Song Hui has left for Moscow on another visit. This is her second visit to Russia in six months. According to North Korean state media, the delegation left for Russia on Monday, October 28. The Russian embassy in Pyongyang said the visit is taking place "as part of a strategic dialogue - following an agreement to strengthen ties."
00:12 Sweden has allocated another 63 million euros in support to Ukraine. The tranche will be provided as part of previous military aid packages, the country's government reported. The financial contribution includes 20 million euros to strengthen Ukraine's industrial base and 43 million to implement a number of multilateral initiatives to support Ukraine.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian Armed Forces Contain Russian Attacks in Eastern and Southern Ukraine.
The largest number of armed clashes has been recorded at present in the Kurakhovsky direction - 29. The invaders are attacking in the areas of 10 populated areas.
Since the beginning of the current day, 104 combat clashes have occurred on the front. The occupiers are making their main efforts in the Kupyansk and Kurakhovsky directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a report as of 16:00 on Tuesday, October 29.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, the enemy twice stormed positions in the Volchansk area. One battle continues.
In the Kupyansk direction, Russians attacked 22 times near Sinkovka, Kolesnikovka, Torskoye, Zagryzovoye and Lozovaya. Near Golubovka, Stepnaya Novoselovka, Novoosinovoye, Berestovoye, Terny, 12 clashes continue.
In the Liman direction, enemy units attacked in the areas of Grekovka, Druzhelyubovka, Cherneshchina and Yampolevka. Five attacks have already been repelled.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy attacked in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Zvanovka, Ivano-Daryevka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the invaders carried out two assault actions near Stupochki. Currently, one attack by the occupiers is ongoing.
In the Toretsk direction, Ukrainian defenders are repelling enemy attacks in the areas of Toretsk and Shcherbinovka.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the occupiers have already carried out 11 assaults in the areas of the settlements of Mirolyubovka, Luch, Lisovka, Selidovo and Vishnevoye. The defense forces repelled nine enemy attacks in the direction.
The largest number of armed clashes have been recorded at present in the Kurakhovsky direction - 29. The invaders are trying to advance in the areas of the settlements of Zoryanoye, Kurakhovka, Kremennaya Balka, Novoselidovka, Novodmitrovka, Maksimilianivka, Dalnee, Antonovka, Yekaterinovka and Trudovoye.
In the Vremivske direction, the Russians carried out six attacks near Novoukrainka, Yasnaya Polyana and Shakhtarske. Four clashes are ongoing.
In the Dnieper direction the enemy carried out one unsuccessful assault.
Let us recall that in the course of 24 hours on October 28, the Ukrainian Armed Forces "minus" 1,360 Russian occupiers . The total combat losses of the Russian Federation are approaching 700 thousand soldiers.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the AFU and 112th Territorial Defence Brigade near Volchansk and Okhrimovka (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 85 troops, one armoured personnel carrier, two motor vehicles, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 14th, 30th, 43rd, 44th, 60th, 63rd Mechanised brigades, and 115th Territorial Defence Brigade near Petropavlovka, Borovskaya Andreyevka, Senkovo, Lozovaya, Novoosinovo (Kharkov region), Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).
Four counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the 28th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU and 1st National Guard Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 480 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles as well as one M-113 armoured personnel carrier, one 155mm M-198 howitzer, and one 105mm M-101 gun made by the USA. Two AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions and liberated Katerinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Losses were inflicted on formations of the 24th, 33rd, 54th, 110th Mechanised brigades, 79th Air Assault Brigade, and 46th Airmobile Brigade of the AFU near Zaliznyanskoye, Orekhovo-Vasilevka, Markovo, Stupochki, Stepanovka, Ilyinka, Chasov Yar, and Kurakhovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 985 troops, one German-made Leopard tank, one infantry fighting vehicle, one armoured personnel carrier, two motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS launcher.
Three Anklav-N electronic warfare stations and three field ammunition depots were destroyed.
As a result of active operations, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Gornyak (Donetsk People's Republic).
Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of the 24th Mechanised Brigade, 59th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 68th Jaeger Brigade, 25th Airborne Brigade of the AFU, 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, 111th and 119th Territorial Defence brigades near Dimitrov, Tarasovka, Krasnoye, Selidovo, Novoalekseyevka, Voznesenka, Lysovka, and Leninskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Thirteen counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the 23rd, 100th Mechanised brigades, 68th, 152nd Jaeger brigades, 25th Airborne Brigade of the AFU, and 35th Naval Infantry Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 500 troops, one Turkish-made Kirpi armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, two 152mm D-20 guns, and three 122mm D-30 howitzers.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and liberated Dobrovolye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of 72nd Mechanised Brigade, 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the AFU, and 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade near Uspenovka, Maksimovka, and Razdolnoye (Donetsk People's Republic). One counterattack launched by an assault detachment of the 113th Territorial Defence Brigade was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 125 troops, eight motor vehicles, one 203mm 2S7 Pion self-propelled artillery system, two U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzers, and one French-made 155mm CAESAR self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the 117th Mechanised Brigade, 141st Infantry Brigade of the AFU, 124th and 126th Territorial Defence brigades near Novodanilovka (Zaporozhye region), Kamyshany, and Nikolskoye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 65 troops, eight motor vehicles, and one 152mm D-20 gun. One Anklav-N electronic warfare station and two ammunition depots were destroyed.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces delivered strikes at airfield infrastructure of the Ukrainian Air Force, the UAV Command Centre of the General Staff of the AFU, as well as engaged manpower clusters and military hardware in 139 areas.
Air defence units shot down three U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 98 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 647 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 34,783 unmanned aerial vehicles, 584 anti-aircraft missile systems, 18,902 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,481 MLRS combat vehicles, 16,927 field artillery guns and mortars, and 27,720 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces continued offensive actions and inflicted losses on formations of the 22nd, 41st, 115th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd, 95th Air Assault brigades, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 103rd, 112th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the AFU near Daryino, Nizhny Klin, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novoivanovka, and Plyokhovo.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces repelled five enemy counter-attacks in the direction of Daryino and Novoivanovka. The AFU losses amounted to up to 60 troops killed and wounded, two infantry fighting vehicles, five armoured fighting vehicles, and seven motor vehicles.
Army Aviation and artillery strikes inflicted losses on manpower clusters and hardware of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, 47th, 61st, 115th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, 95th Air Assault brigades, 36th Marine Brigade, 1st Special Operations Brigade, 103rd, 112th, 129th Territorial Defence brigades, and 17th National Guard Brigade near Aleksandriya, Viktorovka, Gogolevka, Guyevo, Daryino, Zeleny Shlyakh, Kazachya Loknya, Kruglenkoye, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Malaya Loknya, Mikhaylovka, Nizhny Klin, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novoivanovka, Novy Put, Plyokhovo, Sverdlikovo, Sudzha, Tolsty Lug, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and Missile Troops inflicted losses on concentration areas in Sumy region and reserves of the 21st, 47th, 61st, 115th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 103rd, 129th Territorial Defence brigades, and 1st National Guard Brigade near Basovka, Belovody, Vladimirovka, Varachino, Zhuravka, Korchakovka, Loknya, Miropolye, Obody, Osoyevka, Pavlovka, and Yunakovka.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 400 troops and 16 units of hardware, including two tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, 12 armoured fighting vehicles as well as four artillery guns, namely, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, one mortar, one electronic warfare station, one counter-battery radar, one armoured recovery vehicle, and 24 motor vehicles.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 27,950 servicemen, 179 tanks, 100 infantry fighting vehicles, 106 armoured personnel carriers, 1,032 armoured fighting vehicles, 734 motor vehicles, 240 artillery guns, 40 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, nine anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport and loading vehicles, 58 EW stations, 12 counter-battery warfare radars, three air defence radars, 24 pieces of engineering and other equipment, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, four armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/29/2024 to 00:00 10/30/2024.
30 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were reports of one civilian being killed and three injured.
DAMAGED:
Three cars,
Two buses,
One residential building,
One civil infrastructure facility.
Three artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 27 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 81 units of various ammunition were fired.
19:36 Su-25 attack aircraft destroyed camouflaged armored vehicles and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk border area.
19:33 Statements of representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of October 29, 2024).
18:29 The Russian Ministry of Defense published frames of objective control of the destruction of a self-propelled artillery unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region using the Inokhodets unmanned strike system.
17:05 In the border area of the Kursk region destroyed BMP CV-90 VSU
The reconnaissance unit's servicemen used UAVs to identify enemy ammunition and food supply routes in the border area of Kursk Oblast. The group's scouts mined the routes. The Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, attempting to rotate their positions, ran over a planted mine.
As a result of the explosion, the Swedish-made CV-90 infantry fighting vehicle was destroyed, and the enemy's manpower was hit by ammunition dropped from the UAV.
16:01 The crew of the T-80BVM tank of the "Center" group of forces fires from a closed firing position destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
13:41 Armored group of Pacific Fleet naval infantry destroyed a group of Ukrainian nationalists at a stronghold in the border region of the Kursk region.
12:17 Artillerymen of the naval infantry of the Northern Fleet inflicted fire damage to enemy strongholds in the island zone and on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
12:16 The Vostok group of forces liberated the settlement of Dobrovolye in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
11:17 Statement by the head of the press center of the Dnepr group
The Dnepr group of troops continues to carry out combat missions in the area of the special military operation. The group's units defeated the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, the 124th, 126th and 128th Territorial Defense brigades in the areas of Veletensky, Nikolsky, Antonovka and Belenky.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 60 servicemen, six vehicles and a 152mm D-20 gun. Two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
10:57 Attack helicopters Mi-35m, Mi-28nm and Ka-52mperformtasks to support ground forces in the border area of the Kursk region.
09:52 The Ukrainian Armed Forces front collapsed under the onslaught of the Russian Armed Forces due to an imbalance in command, fatigue of personnel and a shortage of reserves - Colonel General of the Ukrainian Army Marchenko.
09:51 The Russian Armed Forces have come close to the northern outskirts of Terny in the Krasnolimansk direction, Andrey Marochko reported. In order to constrain the enemy's actions, Russian soldiers have intensified artillery strikes.
09:50 The Russian Armed Forces have increased pressure on the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Chasov Yar and Kleshcheyevka. The Ukrainian army is recording a deterioration in the operational and tactical situation in these areas of the front — Andrey Marochko
08:20 Russian troops broke through the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defense north of Rabotino in the Orekhov direction of the Zaporizhzhya front line – Vladimir Rogov.
08:17 Artillerymen of the Dnepr group of forces struck identified bunkers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhia region.
08:16 Calculations of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the "Vostok" group of forces torn off rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces units near Ugledar.
08:15 Crews of the "West" group pass training on modern BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles in the rear area of the SVO.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Linus Torvalds Shows His Face - He Hates Russians and Supports Their Expulsion from Linux Developers
Linus Torvalds has shown his attitude towards Russians and Russian programmers, calling them "Russian trolls". The day before, 11 Russian specialists were expelled from the Linux developer community, and Torvalds fully supported this, stating that the decision will not be reversed.
Linux creator Linus Torvalds has openly stated that he fully supports the removal of Russians from work on the Linux kernel. The day before, as reported by CNews, 11 specialists with Russian roots were excommunicated from this work on the project. It was not Torvalds himself who did this, but one of the largest Linux maintainers, who replaced Torvalds six years ago as the head of the community.
Commenting on what happened, Torvalds, a native of Finland and a US citizen, did not mince words at all. He called the 11 Russians who can no longer work on Linux literally “lots of Russian trolls” and added that the decision to exclude them from the community will not be reversed.
Torvalds has previously made harsh statements about programmers from various countries, saying, for example, that they have “shit-for-brains” or scolding them for being too literate. But this is the first time in many years that Torvalds has openly stated his dislike for specialists from Russia.
To be fair, there are historical reasons some Finns loathe the land of the Rus.
WHAT TORVALDS SAID
The creator of Linux clearly and distinctly stated his position on both the Russian participants of the Linux community and how they were treated. “Okay, a bunch of Russian trolls are out. It is completely obvious why this change was made, and it will not be reversed,” he said.
But Torvalds did not stop there. "Using a few random anonymous accounts to try to 'plant' it via Russian troll factories won't do anything. And for the information of truly innocent bystanders who aren't troll factory accounts, these 'various compliance requirements' don't just apply to the US."
"Various compliance requirements" is the reason 11 Russians were suspended from working on Linux. The community's top brass hasn't said anything more specific yet.
Torvalds concluded his statement with the following comment: "I'm Finnish. You thought I would *support* Russian aggression? Apparently, it's not just the lack of real news, but also the lack of knowledge of history."
See?
In this case, it's completely unclear how Torvalds' nationality, world history, and the fact that he openly supports the removal of Russian citizens from the FOSS community who hold a mouse and keyboard, not a gun, are connected.
While opaque to the writer, it’s obviously clear to Mr. Torvalds. Perhaps the writer should exert himself to do a little research.
By the time the material was published, 11 Russians had been removed from working on Linux with Torvalds's not-so-tacit consent. But neither Linus himself nor his assistant Greg Kroah-Hartman, a US citizen and one of the key Linux developers who initiated the removal, said that this would be the limit. In other words, the likelihood that the persecution of Russian FOSS developers in the Linux community will continue is off the charts.
It is also important to understand that among these 11 people there are employees of large Russian IT companies. First and foremost, this includes the developer of the Aurora OS, Rostelecom-owned Open Mobile Platforms.
The list also includes employees of SberDevices, a company that produces smart gadgets for Sberbank, NetUp (provides solutions and services for communications providers), and Metrotek, a manufacturer of control and measuring devices, telecom equipment, and electronics. Along with them, the door was shown to an employee of Moscow State University.
When I read about this a couple of days ago, I smiled to myself, as I remembered the stories about the need to switch from the corrupt corporate Windows to the free and democratic Linux.
Here again, there is the problem of dependence on Western software and Western digital infrastructure. Which the West takes advantage of, using such dependencies where possible.
In the case of operating systems, this problem will be with us for a long time.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
